Kidman is Fair Game

Oscar winner Nicole Kidman will reportedly play outed undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame in Warner Bros.' feature film adaptation of her memoir, Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House.

Moviesblog.MTV.com got the scoop from the project's director, Doug Liman (Jumper, The Bourne Identity). Liman told MTV that Kidman is "perfect if you've ever met Valerie. Nicole was supposed to play Jane Smith in Mr. and Mrs. Smith. We owe a movie together! That's an unrequited thing between me and an actor where I fell in love with them for a role and never get to consummate it."

Plame was an undercover CIA agent for years until her cover was blown by political opponents within the Bush II administration. Since Plame's memoir was heavily redacted by the CIA, it would appear to make a film adaptation tough to pull off. Not so, says Liman.

"I have a really, really insane take on how to tell it. It's so outrageous," Liman told MTV. "Ultimately, I'd be doing something no one has ever done before. Therefore it's automatically appealing to me. I'm just starting to explore whether [what I have in mind] is even possible to do."

Politico.com reported last November that Oscar winner Michael Douglas was being eyed to play Plame's husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson.